I get all these loser preps coming up to me asking for autographs and all this crap, and I really want to tell them, 'My music is not for people like you!

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.

I think I would probably die without my eyeliner, but besides that I'm pretty basic.

I'm a little fighter and I stand up for what I believe in.

Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.

Every person faces their own unique challenges and you may not always know what others around you are going through.

I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.

I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I'm going to continue to do.

The only fear is fear itself, so get rid of it.

She had a pretty face, but her head was up in space.

I can be very shy...but when I'm around people I know, I can be extremely loud.

I've always understood that meditation had to be part of - or was part of the natural path and so I've always sort of dabbled in it.

My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen.

When children are ready to talk, that is the time for parents to listen, regardless of the hour.

Most people begin their day in neutral. They will simply react to whatever confronts them.

Find out what's keeping them up nights and offer hope. Your theme must be an answer to their fears

Take new values: Leave behind a legend to be followed by those who follow you. Be a yogi - don't be an ordinary person.

I like to think about the genre, the essay or the memoir, as much as I enjoy writing within its fluid parameters. And teaching allows me to think about it, to articulate it, and to explore it.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

If our country has to reach its economic goals, it cannot happen with half its population shut behind doors.